I didn't go back through all 13 pages, as I was linked to this one from the other one, but if the comments are similar, then all I have to say is WOW. God, some of you sound like pathetic Vikings fans now.
I believe the quote that caught my attention was "From pre-season suberbowl picks... To missing the playoffs in the NFC North.. That takes talent. A talent that needs to be sent somewhere else."
Sorry, but what an idiotic and ignorant comment, considering how the season turned out. 13 people on IR, including 6 starters. WTF's MM supposed to do at this point? There is usually a pretty steep drop off in talent between your starters and your backups, but because of TT and MM we didn't see much of an impact for most of the season.
And dude, it's the friggin pre-season. If you're really putting a lot of stock into what the idiots in the media are talking about before a damn ball is snapped when it counts, then I have some ocean front property in Arizona to sell you.
"They shoulda traded for Marshawn Lynch!" Yeah, because he's been a world beater for Seattle and would have made all the difference with us. Newsflash- Seattle runs the ball far more than we do, yet he's been largely irrelevant. And in case you haven't noticed, our offensive line is terrible. We had the same issue running against Atlanta that we had against Detroit last weekend. Kinda hard to run when you have 3 defenders in the back field all game long.
Besides, trading for Lynch doesn't allow you to replace Tauscher or Finley. It doesn't let you replace Mike Neal, Morgan Burnett, Nick Barnett, Brad Jones or the myriad of others on IR either.
Look, I'm not an apologist, but I think many of you MM and TT bashers are grossly over-reacting. Take a deep breath, look at the big picture and ask yourself how you would have overcome so many season-ending injuries. My guess is your plan wouldn't have worked any better than theirs.